What's up everybody. I've been itching to order a Wilwood big brake kit, 4 piston calipers with 12" rotors for my DA and have searched & searched for another car with these brakes and 15" wheels to find out if there will be any complications. 15" wheels are the minimum diameter according to their site and they give a handy wheel fitment chart even. Only problem is I can't decipher the thing lol. I was hoping someone could chime in with some experience. I have some 15x8 w/ +25 offset Enkei J speeds if that helps. Thanks in advance

 

I had a fast brakes kit that had 11" rotors and integra calipers. The caliper was about a 1/4" from the wheel (factory 15" SI wheels). I can't see being able to squeeze in anther inch of rotor plus the wilwood caliper.

Post the link to the fitment guide too. Maybe someone here can shed some light on it.

 

I'll post it up, I'm on the iPhone now. Thanks for the insight though. Some 15's will fit though, as indicated by Wilwood but we'll see if anyone can break down this chart.

 

http://www.wilwood.org/fl78.pdf
This might help. From center bore to the inside of the most inner part of the wheel I have 6.5"... I can't tell damnit! I don't think many 15" wheels will clear. If anyone has tried and can help that would be amazing

 

I ran into this same debate...there are VERY FEW 15's that will successfully work and the setup highly depends on the spoke.

Here is the fitment on my 16's (16x7 et38), huge barrel and forgiving spoke pattern...was a TIGHT fit man. 1/4" clearance between the caliper and barrel at the most:





I would focus on an 11" setup for 15's for sure, $hit my DC2 had the Legend setup and 11" rotor and that was also a tight fit. LOL

One of my old posts...you may want to check it out:
https://honda-tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes-54/wilwood-140-6163-12-19-rotor-4-piston-1-a-2958524/

 

Awesome thanks brother. I guess I'll prob end up with a Fastbrakes ITR set-up since I just got new Enkei's in 15's lol. I love your set-up now. Very sweet. Thanks again

 

I have the legend dual piston brake kit for sale if you are interested.

http://hondamarketplace.com/showthread.php?t=2988210

 

I am running this 12.2 setup, and would love to run 15x7's!!!! I'm stuck with 16x7 te37 knock off's which clear ok, and 16x7 slipstream which clear by about 3 sheets of paper (I'll post pics later).

Running 16's limited me to a 245/45/16 tire this year which was a bad call as they are a poor fit. I'd much rather run 15's as tire selection is much better.

So if anyone knows of a for sure 15 let me know!

 

Well I talked to another guy here who had some 15's and these brakes (of course he didn't say what they were) but all I know is a list of wheels will never come about. From center bore of the wheel mounting flange to the inner barrel you need a minimum of 7.1". My new J speeds had something like 6.5"

 

^^^In the link I posted above there is about 4 or 5 15" wheels it fits under or sure, verified via HT member. You could alwyas PM the guy.

 

i also hav set of legend dual piston brakes

 

I have the willwood 11" brake upgrade with the 4 piston calipers and they barely fit under my 15" grids. I'm 99.99% sure that the 12.2 kit will not clear 15s

 

or u can do like wat my friend did... he used BB1/EK9/DC2-R 282mm rotors n paired it with Nissan 4pot calipers (which i think is from the R32 or S15). clears his taiwan replica 15" +38 SSR Type C

he said it was pretty good even with his 380whp B18C-R Turbo in his EG hatch

 

It's not accurate. Certain wheels may fit but you have to measure them to be 100%. I PM'd a guy from that old thread here who also posts on another forum who says "they work under sprint hart cpf which i am selling". Turns out he was bullshittin' for some odd reason and said to me in a PM, "oh yea no I had to run X wheel with the bakes, I just had those for sale". So people are very vague and never bother to post any helpful information although some people in this thread kind of have.

Again, why so vague? Why can't you say what you had them bolted to, how they bolt on or if they need a bracket, what wheels and rotors you used with the set-up? How does your statement help anyone here?

I know they won't fit under my J-Speed's as I measured them. So without at least 7.1" of clearance between the very center bore and the inner wheel closest to the mounting flange, you won't clear the Wilwood kit. I just got my new set-up for the DA however: Type R calipers with 11" cross-drilled/slotted rotors from Fastbrakes.









The caliper requires slight machining of the inner bracket to prevent rubbing the rotor but the measurement for bolting to the DA knuckle is the same between the factory calipers and these.

 

BTW i just pulled one of my wheels from storage and i measured the inner rim,
13.5 inches of clearance forged wheels ftw

 

the legend setup consist of the acura legend dual piston brake calipers and brackets mounted with 11 inch rotors...almost identical to nsx..heres a link
http://www.hondatuningmagazine.com/t...s/viewall.html

 

Yea ok I guess that's why you came back to this thread... to give me another quarter

 

So if I understand the discussion and the wilwood chart correctly(which I probably don't), essentially you need at least 14.2 inches of inside wheel diameter at the narrowest point to accomodate a dynalite or superlite 4 piston caliper with a 12.2 inch rotor? Or is it 14.2 inches to accomodate a 4 piston caliper with an 11.xx inch rotor? Can anybody clarify that for me? I also notice that team dynamics 15" wheels can accomodate a 4 piston caliper with a 12.2 inch rotor? Or was that also referring to a setup using an 11.xx inch rotor? Thanks for any input fellas.

 

yea maybe u should keep this racist bs to urself b4 ur the one who needs help

 

heres the willwood 4 piston with 11++ rotor on my 15's buddie clubs! i doubt u can fit a 15 wheel with the 12++ rotor!! these barly fit!! but stop great!

 

So is positive for the wilwood 4 piston with rotors 11" on 15´s... its right? of course depend of the offset and width of the wheel

 

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that you can prob squeeze the Wilwood 11" rotors and calipers under most any 15" wheel. Hell I didn't even realize they had a set-up with the 4piston calipers and 11" rotors. My original post was about the 12" rotors. I almost regret now getting these heavy *** TypeR calipers but I think they'll work pretty well.

 

Outboard caliper pistons make wheel fitment a pain. The DC5R had completely different knuckles and taller rotors to move the 4-piston Brembos inboard away from the wheels.

 

any 15 wheel will fit over the rotor! its the caliper thats mostlikely gonna hit the spokes, but u can always use a small wheel spacer it u half too, on my 15's the caliper is about 1mm away from the spokes with no spacer, i just happen to get lucky and get the right wheels! but theres no way a 12+ rotor will fit under a 15, and + u really dont need that big of a rotor, my willwood (11.5) rotor with 4 piston caliper work bitching!! stop on a dime and dont get much fade after beating on them! i really see no need in getting the bigger rotor!

 

Yea we covered that. Fact of the matter is you can run 15's with the bigger rotor kit, it's just that only a handful of wheels fit. I believe this is why most vendors will say you need 16's but Wilwood specifically says some 15's will fit, but to verify your wheel clearances via the chart on their site. I do like your calipers though, I kinda wish I had gotten those vs the TypeR's but it's all good.